Did you know that getting kids involved in gardening can be a powerful teaching tool for subjects like math, science, and reading? Learning firsthand where their food comes from empowers them with knowledge for making healthy food choices for the rest of their lives. Plus, tending to plants promotes important life skills like kindness, patience and responsibility.

10 Ideas to Get Kids Helping in the Garden

Refill birdbaths, bird feeders, and hummingbird feeders.

Meet the Author

Sunday, September 18, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
1520 Tiburon Boulevard, Belvedere Tiburon, CA
Please join Kier Holmes & Emily Murphy, the authors of two new gardens books "The Garden Refresh" and "Grow Now" us for food, fun and an outdoor reception at Grounds in Tiburon, CA.

The reception and a short presentation with the authors will be held outside in gardens at Ground. Gigi's One Bite Wonders will be on site with their gourmet flavored handmade doughnuts for sale-- don't miss this deliciousness!
There is no cost for the author talk, but you must RSVP by "purchasing" a free ticket.

Free Tickets

Kier Holmes is a garden designer and writer with bylines in Martha Stewart, Better Homes and Gardens, Gardenista, Sonoma Magazine, Marin Magazine and Sunset Magazine. She is also a children's garden and science educator and gives regular talks on various gardening topics to adults at the Mill Valley Public Library. Kier grew up in Mill Valley and has designed and maintained gardens in Marin for over twenty years, focusing on earth-friendly, richly textured, and visually dynamic spaces.

* Taken from The Garden Refresh by Kier Holmes. Used by permission of Timber Press.